It is March and the lovely EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "combine", as in "consolidate."
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump
(egged on by his buffoonish adviser Elon Musk)
wants to consolidate federal procurement
for goods and services used by many departments.
Why is he doing this? I have a theory, but he
says it's for the taxpaer. Yes, the taxpaer.
(typo still up on the WhiteHouse site
as I write this [update: but fixed as I proofread, awwww]. H/t to
Elizabeth Aer Ayer for spotting this.)
On the one hand, we have the DOGE hyenas promising to streamline government by harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence. On the other hand, we see they haven't yet learned to harness the power of looking for the wiggly red line under a typo. Bad news: Clowns armed with hatchets prowl the halls of government. Good news: At least I know what puzzle I can write today.
Can you figure out what letter is missing from each hypothetical WhiteHouse dot gov headline blow? Rite them in the banks provided on the eft. We already filled in the K missing from One Monkey Don't Stop no Show. Hen you ill in the others, you should see my theory on hat Trump hoes to consolidate ere:
K : One Money Don't Stop no Show
_ : The Patent Protection and Affordable Care Act
_ : Scare as 🐔 Hen's Teeth 🦷
_ : On President Biden not Seeing Re-Election
_ : Tales Ladders and Chairs Match
_ : Crete, Read, Update, and Delete
_ : Video Game Addition
_ : Enzyme-Lined Immunosorbent Assay
_ : Comic Microwave Background Radiation
Some hints, rot-13'd:
- RYVFN vf fubeg sbe Ramlzr-YvaXrq VzzhabFbeorag Nffnl
- Gb n jerfgyre, GYP vf fubeg sbe Gnoyrf, Ynqqref, naq Punvef
- ESX We qbrfa'g jnag lbh gb xabj gung vg'f Cngvrag (abg Cngrag) Cebgrpgvba
Puzzle solution, rot-13'd:
X / zbarl / zbaxrl / Bar Zbarl Qba'g Fgbc ab Fubj V / cngrag / cngvrag / Gur Cngrag Cebgrpgvba naq Nssbeqnoyr Pner Npg P / fpner / fpnepr / Fpner nf Ura'f Grrgu X / frrvat / frrxvat / Ba Cerfvqrag Ovqra abg Frrvat Er-Ryrpgvba O / gnyrf / gnoyrf / Gnyrf Ynqqref naq Punvef Zngpu N / pergr / perngr / Pergr, Ernq, Hcqngr, naq Qryrgr P / nqqvgvba / nqqvpgvba / Ivqrb Tnzr Nqqvgvba X / yvarq / yvaxrq / Ramlzr-Yvarq Vzzhabfbeorag Nffnl F / pbzvp / pbfzvp / Pbzvp Zvpebjnir Onpxtebhaq Enqvngvba
